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Gealii · 06-02-2012, 07:37 PM

Is your explorer 4wd or 2wd, v6 or v8? I had the same generation explorer with a v6 4wd with auto trans and got probably about 15mpg out of it. Lowering it with at least a partial belly pan would help as well as putting the spare tire into the rear cargo area as well.

As cheap as it would be to lower an ex even only a little bit i could see it being helpful

I would do a full grill block at least for the winter and rear wheel skirts for warmer parts of the year.

06-02-2012, 07:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gealii The Dirty330 Modder Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: North East Ohio, USA Posts: 642 CruzeRS - '15 Chevy Cruze LT RS 90 day: 41.29 mpg (US) Thanks: 10 Thanked 67 Times in 59 Posts	Is your explorer 4wd or 2wd, v6 or v8? I had the same generation explorer with a v6 4wd with auto trans and got probably about 15mpg out of it. Lowering it with at least a partial belly pan would help as well as putting the spare tire into the rear cargo area as well. As cheap as it would be to lower an ex even only a little bit i could see it being helpful I would do a full grill block at least for the winter and rear wheel skirts for warmer parts of the year. __________________ "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." - Henry Ford